Fajr Film Festival unveils 2021 lineup

Lineup for the 2021 edition of the Fajr Film Festival (FFF) in Iran has been unveiled.

Mohammad-Mehdi Tabatabaeenejad, the secretary of the 39th FFF, on Tuesday announced the names of the films to take part in the festival’s main competition section, Sodaye-Simorgh.

A lineup of 16 feature films has been selected from 57 movies which applied for the festival.

Here is a list of the feature films which will vie at the Sodaye-Simorgh section:

1- ‘Ablaq’ (piebald) directed by Narges Abyar

2- ‘Bihamechiz’ (without anything) directed by Mohsen Qaraee

3- ‘The Sniper’ by Ali Ghaffari

4- ‘Ti Ti’ by Aida Panahandeh

5- ‘180° Rule’ by Farnoush Samadi

6- ‘Romanticism of Emad and Touba’ by Kaveh Sabbaghzadeh

7- ‘Once Upon a Time, Abadan’ by Hamid-Reza Azarang

8- ‘Bright’ by Rouhollah Hejazi

9- ‘Zalava’ by Arsalan Amiri

10- ‘Setareh Bazi’ (star game) by Hatef Alimardani

11- ‘Shashlik’ (Shish Kebab) by Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian

12- ‘Gijgah’ (temple) by Adel Tabrizi

13- ‘Mom’ by Arash Anisi

14- ‘Expediency’ (Maslahat) by Hossein Darabi

15- ‘Mansour’ by Siavash Sarmadi

16- ‘Yadu’ by Mehdi Jafari.

The 39th FFF will take place from January 31 to February 10, 2021.

The Fajr Film Festival coincides with the ten-day Fajr ceremonies across Iran, marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Since its establishment in 1982, the FFF has played a vital role in the development of Iranian Cinema.

SQ/MG